~ Joyful, Feminine, Catholic

A Ship in the Night

Isn’t it difficult to change when you think you are right? We get so stubborn that we won’t change our thoughts and opinions for anything.

“Why should I? I’m right!” we say.

One foggy night the captain of a large ship saw another ship’s lights approaching. This other ship was on a course that would mean a head-on crash. Quickly the captain signaled to the approaching ship, “Please change your course 10 degrees west.”

The reply came blinking back through the thick fog, “You change your course 10 degrees east.”

Indignantly the captain pulled rank and shot a message back to the other ship, “I’m a sea captain with 35 years of experience. You change your course 10 degrees west!”